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'''Rapadruk''' is the [[Krona]] festival of the dead which lasts a [[Gunurash]]ian month and is celebrated once every four [[Galactic Year|galactic years]].

Once only celebrated by Krona, the festival has gained sector wide popularity in recent times, with many people emulating the traditional [[Drukpyr]] (a lantern made from the exoskeleton of a giant [[Tarak beetle]]'s head) by carving [[pikato]]s to bear grisly, illuminated faces.

[[Elder Druk]] is a legendary figure, bearing a blackened [[mukblud]], who is said to to ride on the back of a gigantic Tarak beetle (her name is [[Nidra]], which means 'night' in Kronan), raising the souls of the dead as they travel, creating a rampaging army of mayhem that reaches its culmination with a huge and riotous final celebration at the end of the festival known as [[Nidrak-Bek]] - Night of Souls.

The parade of Elder Druk and their army of mayhem are said to give out sugary and spicy treats to raise the pulses and therefore the appetite for chaos in the people they pass, and therefore its traditional to give and receive candy and foods as spicy as possible during this time.

A staple of the holiday, [[Candy Dan]] and his band of merry clones wander the [[Agog]] Walk of Heroes, spreading the word (and the sugar) about Rapadruk!

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